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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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