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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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