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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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