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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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