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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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