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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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