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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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