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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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