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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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