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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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