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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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