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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are making it possible for people 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 online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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