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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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