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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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