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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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