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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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