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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. 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 customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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