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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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