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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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