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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate 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. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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