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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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