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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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