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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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