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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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