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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take courses 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. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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