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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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