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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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