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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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