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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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