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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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