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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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