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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering students 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 massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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