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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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