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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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