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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take 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 massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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