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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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