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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models 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 organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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