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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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