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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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