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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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