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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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