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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business 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 teachers manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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