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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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