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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. 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 almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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