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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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