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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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