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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key 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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