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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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