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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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