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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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