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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around 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. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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