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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate 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 massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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