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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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