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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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