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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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