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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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