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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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