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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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