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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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