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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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