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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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