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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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