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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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