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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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