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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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