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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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