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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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