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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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