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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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