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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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