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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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