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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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