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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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