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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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