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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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