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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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