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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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