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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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