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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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