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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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