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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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