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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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