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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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