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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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