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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers 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 massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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