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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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