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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world 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 online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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