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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. 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 massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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