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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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