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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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