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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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