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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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