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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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