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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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