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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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