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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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