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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take 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. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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