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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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