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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed 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 evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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