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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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