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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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