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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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