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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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