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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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