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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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