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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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