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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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