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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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