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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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