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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses 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. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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