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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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