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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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