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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate 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 massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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