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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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