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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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