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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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