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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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