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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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