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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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