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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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