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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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