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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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