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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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