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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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