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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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