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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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