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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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