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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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