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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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