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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand these open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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