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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting 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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