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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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 massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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