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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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