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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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