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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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