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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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