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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions 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 issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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