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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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