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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education have enabled people all over 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 MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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