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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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