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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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