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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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