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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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