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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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