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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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