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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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