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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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