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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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