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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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