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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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