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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. 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 MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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