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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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