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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education enable humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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