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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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