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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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