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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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