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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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