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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key 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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