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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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