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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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