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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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