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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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