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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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