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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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