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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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