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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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