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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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