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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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