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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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