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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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