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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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