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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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