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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in 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. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with 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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