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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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