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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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