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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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