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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers 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 massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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