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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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