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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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