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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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