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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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