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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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