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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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