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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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