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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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