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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free 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 several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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