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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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