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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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