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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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