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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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