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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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