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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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