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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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