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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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