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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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