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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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