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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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