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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand these open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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