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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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