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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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