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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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