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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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