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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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