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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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