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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses 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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