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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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