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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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