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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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