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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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