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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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