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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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