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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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