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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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