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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take 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 massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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