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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all over 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 MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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