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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth 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 for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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