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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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