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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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