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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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