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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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