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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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