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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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