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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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