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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major 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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