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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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