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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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