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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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