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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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