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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What 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 evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates 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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