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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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