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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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