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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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