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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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