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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions 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 stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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