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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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