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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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