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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses 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 massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key 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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