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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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