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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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