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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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