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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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