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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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