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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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