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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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