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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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