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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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