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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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