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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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