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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have empowered students all over 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 MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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