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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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