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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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