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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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