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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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