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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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