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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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