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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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