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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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