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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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