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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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