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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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