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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take 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 MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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