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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning enable students all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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