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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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