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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth 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 massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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