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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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