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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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