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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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