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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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