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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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