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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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