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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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