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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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