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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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