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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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