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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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