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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes 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 MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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