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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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