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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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