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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee 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 massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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