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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world 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 online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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