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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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