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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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