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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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