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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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