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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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