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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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