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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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