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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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