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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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