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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in 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 MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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