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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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