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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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