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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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