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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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