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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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