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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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