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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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