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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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