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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in 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 customarily free for students 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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