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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. 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 MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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