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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants 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. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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