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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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