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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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