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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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