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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning make it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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