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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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