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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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