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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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