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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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