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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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