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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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