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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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