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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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