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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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