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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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