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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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