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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education