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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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