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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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