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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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