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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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