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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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