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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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