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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. 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 online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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