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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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