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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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