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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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