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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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