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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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