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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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