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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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