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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different 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 optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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