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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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