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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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