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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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