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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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