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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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