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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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