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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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