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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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