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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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