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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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