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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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