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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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