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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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