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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around 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. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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