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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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