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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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