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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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