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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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