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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers 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 teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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