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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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