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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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