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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed 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 teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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