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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes 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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