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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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