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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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