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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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