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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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