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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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