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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes 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 courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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