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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important 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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