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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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