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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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