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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. 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. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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