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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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