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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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