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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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