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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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