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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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