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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What 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 manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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