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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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