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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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