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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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