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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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