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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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