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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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