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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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