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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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