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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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