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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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