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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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