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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants 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 online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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