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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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