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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. 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 open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What 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 innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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