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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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