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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses 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. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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