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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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