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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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