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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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