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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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