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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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