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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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