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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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