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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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