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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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