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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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