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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take 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 massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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