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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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