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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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