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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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