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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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