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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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