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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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