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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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