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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different 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 in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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