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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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