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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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