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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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