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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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