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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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