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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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