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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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