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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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