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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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