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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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