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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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