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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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