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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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