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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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