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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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