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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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