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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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