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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take 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 massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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