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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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