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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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