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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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