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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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