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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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