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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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