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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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