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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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