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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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