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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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