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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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