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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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