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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology enable students all over the world to take part 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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