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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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