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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What 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 get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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