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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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