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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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