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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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