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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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