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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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