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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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