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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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