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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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