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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations 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 participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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