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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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