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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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