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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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