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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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