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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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