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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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