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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take 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. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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