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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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