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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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