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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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