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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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