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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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