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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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