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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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