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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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