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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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