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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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