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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take 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. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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