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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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