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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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