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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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