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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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