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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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