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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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