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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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