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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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