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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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