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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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