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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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