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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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