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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants 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. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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