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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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