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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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