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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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