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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around 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 online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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