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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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