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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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