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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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