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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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