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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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