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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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