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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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