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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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