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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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