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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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