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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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