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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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