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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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