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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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