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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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