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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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