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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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