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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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