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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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