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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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