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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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