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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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