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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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