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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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