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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes 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 massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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