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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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