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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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 customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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