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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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