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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education enable people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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